Alapah Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Alapah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Alapah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alapah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alapah occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alapah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Alapah is the 3,882,373rd most frequent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname Alapah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Alapah reside; 92 percent reside in Central Africa and 92 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 865,378. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 96 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 4 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside and The Philippines, where 4 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Alapah
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